Monday, December 25, 2017

Ryan's First Christmas Album

Merry Christmas,

I hope you are spending your morning with family and eating Christmas cookies.   We are visiting with my Grandma (Ryan's Great Grandma).   It is nice to have all four generations together.    I know she wishes she could spend more time with Ryan.   As Christmas presents this year, I thought I'd make her and my mom a small brag book of Ryan's First Christmas.    It is amazing how much he has changed.   It was fun to remember how tiny he was just a year ago.

I waited to post the project until I we opened presents.  Now that they are enjoying their books.  I can share photos with you!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!





















Friday, December 22, 2017

Twin Deers

Hello Stampers!

I love when you get two cards out of one design.  These were a little tricky to make, but I'm so proud of all my students. They were very patient and did a great job with these cards.  I think in the end, they felt it was worth the trouble. 






No copics

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Snowman Spinner

Greetings,

For my second spinner card I used the snowman.





Copics used:
Snowman:C1, C3, 0
Bunny: E23, E25
Bird: B00, B01
Black: W9, W7, W5
Blue: B34, B37, B39
Purple: V12, V15, V17
Green: G40, G43, G46
Red: R24, R29
Orange: YR12, YR15

Monday, December 18, 2017

Reindeer Spinner

Hello all,

**Ryan photos at the end**

We in the final countdown until Christmas.  Things in our house are starting to come together.  I'm happy to report that I have my Christmas cards finished and in the mail.  It is unusual for me to have them done this early.  It feels really good.  How are the rest of you doing with your holiday cards?

I made two spinner cards this month.  I wanted to sneak them in before Christmas.   These are so fun and easy to make!




Copics used:

Brown: E21, E23, E25, E25, E29
Green: G40, G43, G46
Bell: Y17, Y26

We took Ryan to see Santa.  He did a great job.   I'm love his go with the flow attitude.



Saturday, December 16, 2017

Improve with Wine

Welcome!

Today is the last day of my wine tour.  If you been following along, you know that I've been focusing on wine themed cards this week.   I'm really glad someone pointed out that I was missing some wine cards.  These stamps have been neglected for far too long.  I might make some more wine cards in the new year.  We will see what Santa brings me! 

I had a lot of fun focusing on a theme for a week.  Did you like having a theme on the blog?  I'd love suggestions for another focus week. 





Copics used:

Grey: C5, C3, C1
Green: YG67, YG63, YG61
Red: R56, R39, R37, R35
Blue: B000
Ground: W3, W1
White: E50, E51, E53

Friday, December 15, 2017

You're a Fine Wine

Hello Winos!

Welcome to Day 3 of wine tour.  I'm inking my way through the wine stamps this week.  I struggled with this card a little.   This card is a little snarky.   You would have to know the person pretty well to send them this card.     I ended up keeping the design really simple to keep the focus on the humor of the card.


Copics used:

Red: R39, R37, R35
Grey: C3, C1, C0
Purple: V17, V15, W5
Green: YG61, YG63, YG67
Ground: W3, W1

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Cheers

Welcome,

Welcome to Day 2.  The wine tour continues.  This week, I'm working on all wine themed cards.   I love these crazy ladies.  They look like they would be a lot of fun to hang out.   I hope you enjoy!




Copics used:
Black: W10, W8, W6
Blue: B99, B97, B95
Pink: R81, R83, R85, R01
Purple: V12, V15, V17,
Scarf: V01, R81, C3, C1
White: C3, C1
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Blonde: Y21, E31, E33
Brown: E47, E44, E43, E42
Cheese: Y21, Y26, W3
Wine: R37, R35
Glitter pen

Monday, December 11, 2017

Christmas Wine

Hello friends,

During the holiday season,  I do several craft shows.   I have a lot of interesting conversations with people during these events.  This year a woman pointed out that I don't have any wine themed cards.  You don't have to ask me twice.   I spent some time inking up my wine stamps.     I'll be sharing the cards all week.

This one has a touch of humor... gotta love it!




This is the inside:


Copics used:
Green: YG61, YG63, YG67
Yellow: Y21, Y23, Y11
Red: R39, R37, R35
Grey: C3, C1
Ground: W3, W1